ABSTRACT: The research on Teachers’ Evaluation Skills and Students’ Academic Performance in Economics in Secondary Schools was conducted in Ukanafun Local Government Area. Three research hypotheses were formulated for the study. A quasi-experimental research design was employed in the study. The population of this study consisted of two thousand four hundred and sixty eight (2468) Economics students from the study area from the total population. A total of three hundred economics students were randomly selected from the four secondary schools used in the study Economics Achievement Test (EAT) containing twenty items were used for data collection in the study.
Teachers’ Evaluation Skills and Students’ Academic Performance in Economics in Secondary Schools
The data generated from the instruments were analyzed using independent t-test statistics. The results of the finding revealed that there is a significant difference in academic performance of students taught by teacher who used formative and summative education skills, it also revealed that male students performed better than their female counterpart when formative and summative evaluation are used as such, the stated null hypotheses for the study rejected thereby accepting, the alternative hypotheses. It was therefore recommended that government should organized seminar and workshop for teachers on regular basis to guide them on proper method to be used in the classroom during teaching and learning for better academic performance of the students.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the study
For evaluation to be more meaningful, teachers should diversity method of evaluation. One way of doing this would be to involve the students in evaluation progress.
The fundamental purpose of teaching is to bring about change in learning. Its only logical to evaluate teaching on the basis of learning outcome. Seen from this perspective teacher evaluation skill should address the board range problems which may arise from the effect and contributions of the teachers in the quantity of his teaching.
According to Flanders (2005), teachers behaviour by its very nature exist in context of social interaction the path between the teacher and learner, and the inter change of ideas itself is therefore called teaching.
Bremback (2002) observed that the teachers, standing between students and the subject matter to the learned. In order word the teacher is a significant factor in the teaching and learning process and the sequential effects of his skills the student’s performance cannot be over emphasized.
Moreover, evidence of the past research and the day today event appear to lend weight to the above claim that teacher and evaluation skill on the academic performance of students in economics as a result of the teacher interactive teaching behaviour.
The national policy on education (NPE,2004) stipulates that teacher education be given a major emphasis in all our education planning because no education system can rise above the quantity of its teachers. The implication of this is that the success or failure of any educational system in any nation of the word is largely depends on the teacher levels of education.
This is because the task f bringing about desire learning outcome in the learners so as to achieve the national goals of education. Rest on the teacher and the evaluation
According to FaFunwa (1999) he observed that the service of the teacher is indispensable to any nation and unlike any other profession influence the likes of the nation youth and the nation future.
This is probably why chacko (2005), opined that the quantity of education, with formal or informal to a great extent, depends on the teachers level of education and evaluation technique adopted by the teacher. In this sense, the quality of the future citizen of a country depends to a large extent upon the quantity, competence and character of its teachers. The teacher seems to be the most influential factors in moldings the personality and life pattern of any individual because of the rile in the teaching learning process.
Used has a great influence in academic performance of student in economic based on this issue the researcher interest is to investigate influence of evaluation skills on academic performance of students in economics.
Teachers’ Evaluation Skills and Students’ Academic Performance in Economics in Secondary Schools
1.2 Statement of the Problem
The major problem that attacks the attention of the researchers is the poor performance of students in economics in UkanaFun Local Government Area. One of these among others is the method adopted by economic teachers to evaluate their students during teaching and learning processes.
Actually, the education standard in Nigeria has fallen greatly compare to that of the past. The parents and the entire society have shifted blame on the teachers for low performance in (NECO/WASSCE) and other examinations, while the teachers themselves blame the parents for refusing to provide their words with the require school materials that enhance learning. But, it is a known fact that effective teaching and learning of economics can be determined through the process of evaluating the students.
